On my drive to work this morning, I was feeling particularly ridiculous, which is not at all uncommon before 10am. After my coffee stop I jump back into the car and I’m at the light when my favorite kind of bumper sticker is smack dab, right in front of me. Yes!
“Honk if you HATE Noise Pollution”
I’ve found that most people either don’t realize they have a ‘honk’ sticker on their bumper, or the type of people that would actually put a ‘honk’ sticker on, are just not the brightest stars in the sky.
“HONK”
Wow, now that was some noise pollution, and what a surprise, I do hate noise pollution. I better do it again just to make sure he heard me and knows that I hate Noise Pollution just as much as he does.
“HONK”
Mr. Bumper Sticker turns around and flips me off! “How Vulgar?” The light turns green and we start off, he immediately pulls over to let me past and then starts tailing me, continuously honking his horn. We get to another light, and me and my big mouth pull up right beside him and yell out “I’m not the one with the honk sticker on the back of my car, why are you honking?” He in turn yells out “You stupid bitch, don’t ever honk at me again!” He races off and as I continue driving to work I got to thinking. I wonder if that “don’t ever…” comment made him feel strong, superior or powerful, when in actuality he was the Mr. Stupid Bumper Sticker Man that got caught in a joke that he didn’t get.
Now I know I probably shouldn’t be honking for just any reason, but he was, literally, asking for it.
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." William James (Philosopher and Psychologist)